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Lost lives, lost art, Jewish collectors, Nazi art theft, and the quest for justice, Melissa Müller, Monika Tatzkow ; with contributions from Thomas Blubacher and Gunnar Schnabel : foreword by Ronald S. Lauder

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Lost lives, lost art, Jewish collectors, Nazi art theft, and the quest for justice, Melissa Müller, Monika Tatzkow ; with contributions from Thomas Blubacher and Gunnar Schnabel : foreword by Ronald S. Lauder

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-241) and index

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Lost lives, lost art

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

505419574

Responsibility statement

Melissa Müller, Monika Tatzkow ; with contributions from Thomas Blubacher and Gunnar Schnabel : foreword by Ronald S. Lauder

Sub title

Jewish collectors, Nazi art theft, and the quest for justice

Summary

The legendary names include Rothschild, Mendelssohn, Bloch-Bauer{u2014}distinguished bankers, industrialists, diplomats, and art collectors. Their diverse taste ranged from manuscripts and musical instrushy;ments to paintings by Old Masters and the avant-garde. But their stigma as Jews in Nazi Germany and occupied Europe doomed them to exile or death in Hitler{u2019}s concentration camps. Here, after years of meticulous research, Melissa Müller (Anne Frank: The Biography) and Monika Tatzkow (Nazi Looted Art) present the tragic, compelling stories of 15 Jewish collectors, the dispersal of their extraordinary collections through forced sale and/or confiscation, and the ongoing efforts of their heirs to recover their inheritance. For every victory in the effort to return these works to their rightful heirs, there are daunting defeats and long court battles. This real-life legal thriller follows works by Rembrandt, Klimt, Pissarro, Kandinsky, and others

Table Of Contents

Lilly and Claude Cassirer -- Paul Westheim -- Alfred and Tekla Hess, Hans Hess -- Leo Bendel -- Eleonora and Francesco von Mendelssohn -- Walter Westfeld -- Sophie Lissitzky-Küppers -- Max Silberberg -- Max Steinthal -- Oscar Huldschinsky and Ann Sommer -- Adele and Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer -- Karl Grünwald -- Alma Mahler-Werfel -- Alphonse Mayer and Louis Nathaniel von Rothschild -- Jacques Goudstikker -- Nazi-looted art

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Jewish collectors, Nazi art theft, and the quest for justice

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